THE
YALE DIVINITY SCHOOL NEWSOURCE
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Academic Information
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FINAL EXAM SCHEDULE Spring Semester 2005-06 |
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Monday,
May 1 |
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9-12 noon |
Rel. 600,
O.T. Interpretation (Sharp) |
Niebuhr,
Latourette S-223, Bushnell S-200 |
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Rel. 601,
N.T. Interpretation (Attridge) |
Niebuhr,
Latourette S-223, Bushnell S-200 |
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Tuesday,
May 2 |
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9-12 noon |
Rel. 605,
Elementary N.T. Greek (Nongbri) |
S-117
Wood Sem. Rm. |
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Rel. 795,
Anglican Th/Hist I: |
Latourette |
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Rel. 700
Hist. of |
Latourette |
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Wednesday,
May 3 |
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9-12 noon |
Rel. 713,
Rel. Ethics & Modern Moral Issues (Outka) |
Downtown |
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Rel. 701,
Rel. & American Society (Balmer) |
Latourette |
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Rel. 674,
Intermediate Hebrew (Hoffer) |
S-101
Bushnell |
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Thursday,
May 4 |
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9-12 noon |
Rel. 618,
Intermediate Greek: Septuagint (Hultin) |
RSV S-200
Bushnell |
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Rel. 604,
Elementary Biblical Hebrew (Lemos) |
S-104
Bushnell |
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Friday,
May 5 |
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9-12 noon |
Rel. 796,
Christian Marriage (Spinks) |
S-117
Wood Sem. Rm. |
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Rel. 699,
Latin |
S-101A
Bushnell |
FROM THE REGISTRAR'S OFFICE:
- Applications are available for Summer Elementary
Biblical Hebrew and Elementary N.T. Greek. Stop by the Registrar's
office for an application or send an email requesting an application to detra.macdougall@yale.edu.
- A fourth Preventing Ministerial Misconduct Workshop has been added for
Friday-Saturday, May 12-13 meeting from
- To returning students: This is a reminder that April 10-21 has been set
aside for you to meet with your faculty adviser to review how the year has
gone and your plans for next year including courses you may be interested
in taking. Your adviser has a copy of your transcript and other
information to assist with this conversation.
Additional course offerings to the published Class
Schedules:
Fall 2006:
·
Process Theology
(Andre Willis)
·
African American Religious
Strategies (Andre Willis)
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Pastoral Care in Loss:
Dying, Death and Bereavement (Jan Holton)
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Introduction to
Pastoral Care (formerly Transitions) (Jan Holton)
·
Rel. Intercultural
Pastoral Care & Theology in a Multicultural Society (Kristen Leslie)--to
replace the Transitions course listed
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Bonhoeffer and King
(Willis Jenkins)
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Global Ethics (Willis
Jenkins)
·
Evangelism (Jonathan
Bonk)
Spring 2007:
·
Communicative Ethics
in a Multicultural Democracy: Philosophical Resources for Religious
Perspectives on Public Ethics (Tom Ogletree)
·
Environmental Ethics
(Willis Jenkins)
·
Neighborhood Ethics
(Willis Jenkins)
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Graduate Seminar:
First Isaiah (J.J.M. Roberts)
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Hebrew Exegesis:
Amos and Hosea (J.J.M. Roberts)
(Several of these are new courses
that will need to go to the Curriculum Committee.)
Applications for Directed Independent
Language Study (DILS) are currently being
accepted for language study in the 2006 fall semester. DILS responds to requests by individuals or
small groups (no more than 3) to learn a language for a valid academic reason,
providing the opportunity for Yale students to study languages that are not
offered through traditional classroom instruction at Yale. The program is open to undergraduate, graduate
and professional students. Only those applications will be approved for which
adequate materials, Language Partners, and testing can be arranged. The deadline for applications is Monday May
1. For additional information about DILS
interested students should consult the DILS web site at www.cls.yale.edu/dils
or send inquiries to dils@yale.edu.
On Campus
Interested in being the next Q Source
Editor?
The Q Source editor position is available for the 2006-07 academic year. This is a great job, and I’d be happy to tell you more about it! If you are interested in becoming the next editor, email kelly.stone@yale.edu by Friday, April 21st. Thank you!
Q Source Publication Schedule for the remainder
of the year:
~ The last regular Q Source of the year ~ Monday, April 24 ~ Submission deadline: Friday, April 21
~ Commencement
Edition ~ Monday, May 15 ~ Submission
deadline: Friday May 13th.
On behalf of the Systematic Theology Jr. Faculty Search
you are invited to attend the candidate lecture delivered by: Steffen Lösel, Visiting Assistant Professor of Theology, Candler School
of Theology,
All are invited to attend a homiletics lecture
by guest speaker: The Rev. Dr. Nora Tubbs Tisdale, Associate Pastor at Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church Wednesday,
April 19,
Spanish Evening Prayer will be offered each Thursday this semester from
The Sacramental Winers invite you to our annual spring concert and 15th anniversary celebration! The concert will take place on Saturday, April 22nd, at
Inspired by the amazing singing
of the Winers and Belters at their spring concert? Need a study break on your Saturday night? Ready to debut your favorite shower
songs? Student Council invites you to
come out to GPSCY for karaoke on
Saturday, April 22nd, at
To celebrate the Wordsmith's
journal "Prospect" the YDS
writing collective invites all of you to a reading of their literary works.
Free copies of the journal will be available. This event will take place in
Marquand Chapel on Sunday, April 23 at
Eileen Sypher Andrew Nurkin Meredith Farmer Grubbs Joel Hanisek
Johanna Osborne Videen Bennett Joseph Primo
Timothy Ree Dianne Bilyak JC Aevaliotis
Thanks and we hope to see you there! Any questions please email: Dianne.Bilyak@yale.edu
Peace Pole Installation! YDS Quadrangle, Monday, April 24,
Annual
The biggest party of the year,
the YDS SPRING FLING, is
coming! This year Spring Fling starts at
Lectures and Events
(Yale and
University Public Worship at
Battell Chapel: An ecumenical
worship service of the historic
Yale's
Program in Ethics, Politics and Economics Presents: The 2006 Robert H. Litowitz
Lecture, "Apocalypse and the Modern
American Imagination." Norman
Birnbaum, Professor Emeritus,
The
Yale
“Can Newspaper Journalism Survive Blogs, Fox
News, and Karl Rove?” by David
Wessel.
A seminar
announcement from the Yale Institution for Social and Policy Studies: Antisemitism in Comparative Perspective,
co-sponsored with the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy
(ISGAP).
Workshop on Asian Religions: “Sand, Stones, and Stars: Nature in
the Religious Imagination” sponsored by The Council on East Asian Studies at
Yale University and the Yale Center for International and Area Studies. This
workshop will be held on April 21, 22 and 23, 2006 at
Auburn Continuing Education Programs
(www.auburnsem.org ) for April 2006:
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“Access, Attitudes and Disability”
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Presentation and
Discussion of the Final Report of the PCUSA Theological Task Force on
Peace, Unity, and Purity of the Church.
At The Brick Presbyterian Church (
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Save the Date!!
Lecture by Gustav Neibuhr,
The time has come to party.
Yes indeed. Palimpsest 4, the
long-awaited and eagerly-anticipated literary and arts magazine is being
launched on: APRIL 27 at
Classifieds
Summer Chapel Assistant: Worship at Battell continues through the
summer. This position is part of the worship staff. The position includes: Set
up on Sunday morning, assisting with Coffee Hour, ushering and greeting, clean
up. The hours are
Summer Library Job: The Divinity School Library has a full-time (37.5
hours/per week) student assistant position available in the Library's Technical
Services Department. Requirements: Average or better keyboarding skills.
Facility with English essential. Reading knowledge of one or more Western
European language preferred. Must be physically able to shift books and move
heavy book trucks. If interested, please contact Eric Friede, 432-6372 /
eric.friede@yale.edu, or Mary Ellen Barbarito, 432-5294 / mary.barbarito@yale.edu.
Summer Resident Director(s) sought for Melita Welcome House, a ministry of hospitality
for refugees through First Congregational Church, U.C.C. of Guilford
(ONA). Approximately 10 hour weeks. Housing and weekly
stipend. Contact Linda Carleton, (203) 453-0254 or lcrltn@earthlink.net.
If you would like to apply for consideration as a graduate/professional affiliate of a residential college, please complete the online application at
http://fs3.formsite.com/yalegraduateschool/form684729180/index.html
and submit it by
Each year the faculty awards
three graduate fellowships (the Day,
Hooker, and Dwight Fellowships) to those members of the graduating class who
have completed at least two years of residency at Yale Divinity School, have
acquired such proficiency in theological studies as best to qualify them for
doctoral work, and who have been admitted to a doctoral program in this country
or elsewhere. The grants have varied in size from one thousand to
thirty-five hundred dollars.
Applications are available in Dean Wilson’s Office, Seabury first floor,
and should be returned to Grace Chao, Room N122, no later than
If you know what you'll be doing next year, please fill out the graduating student questionnaire. It takes just a few minutes (like 5) and provides the dean, the faculty and me with all sorts of helpful information. Your name will never be associated with your response---I only ask it so that I can keep seeking out those that haven't responded! So....if you've already agreed to a particular PhD, JD, STM or other program, have accepted a particular job, or know that you're not going to do either of those things next year (one of the options is not employed and not looking---staying home to care for family, read and write, etc.), please let me know what you're up to! http://econtent-01.its.yale.edu/divinity/postgrad_survey.htm
Are you a returning student for
the 2006-2007 academic year? Are you
interested in one-on-one spiritual direction through the Annand Program? If so,
please sign up for a brief (15-20min) intake interview with program director
Rev. Jane Stickney. Sign up sheet is located on the door of the Annand
Meditation Room (across from
Visit the
Contact us at ministry.resource.center@yale.edu or 432-5319
Staff is available 10-3 weekdays
EARTH DAY: liturgies, activities. Raise awareness with all age groups.
Housing, poverty, hunger: resources for all ages to learn and take
action
Bible on audiocassette or CD: good for commuters
Review Anglican history with videos:
The Story of
Anglicanism: ancient and medieval foundations; reformation and its
consequences; creating a global family.
The Story of the
Episcopal Church: From
From Jesus to
Church planting, emergent church, natural
church development: do these topics
interest you? Look at our resources.
Multicultural congregations: building them, leading them—see what we have
Godly Play curriculum and foundations: learn about them
Rotation Model church school resources and
background materials
Curriculum resources for adult education for
all denominations and all topics: church
history, ethics, Bible, spirituality, for women’s group, for men’s groups, for
young adults.
Learning Hebrew this summer: look at our resources to support you
Review western history and tradition through a
visual resources: lots of DVDs and
videos
Immigration issues: study resources, videos on various immigrant
groups:
Pentecost liturgies, study resources, activities
Family ministries: parenting resources, intergenerational
activities and studies, youth and family ministries, and more